Auraria
The Story of a Georgia Gold Mining Town
Title Details
Pages: 160
Trim size: 5.500in x 8.500in
Formats
Paperback
Pub Date: 09/01/2009
ISBN: 9-780-8203-3497-4
List Price: $25.95
Related Subjects
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Other Links of Interest
• Learn more about Georgia's gold rush at the New Georgia Encyclopedia
Auraria
The Story of a Georgia Gold Mining Town
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The first gold rush in American history occurred in north Georgia; it preceded the mining booms in the West by almost two decades. Published in 1956, Auraria tells the story of the mining town at the center of Georgia's gold frenzy. Auraria, which reached its zenith in the 1830s, eventually faded into a ghost town by the twentieth century. E. Merton Coulter gives readers more than a local study by placing Auraria's fascinating story in the context of larger regional and national developments.
Written with feeling and understanding, this significant monograph enriches our knowledge of a dramatic phase of history.
—T. Conn Bryan, Mississippi Valley Historical Review